Dopamine beta hydroxylase
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dopamine beta-hydroxylase (dopamine beta-monooxygenase)
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| Identifiers | |
| Symbol | DBH |
| HUGO | 2689 |
| Entrez | 1621 |
| OMIM | 609312 |
| RefSeq | NM_000787 |
| UniProt | P09172 |
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| EC number | 1.14.17.1 |
| Locus | Chr. 9 q34 |
Dopamine β-hydroxylase (DBH) is an enzyme that converts dopamine to norepinephrine:
 Norepinephrine. Note extra hydroxy group. |
In the peripheral nervous system, it is located predominantly within sympathetic nerve vesicles, but it is also present in preganglionic motor nerve fibers of the vagus nerve. [1]
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[edit] References
- ^ Yang M, Zhao X, Miselis R (1999). "The origin of catecholaminergic nerve fibers in the subdiaphragmatic vagus nerve of rat". J Auton Nerv Syst 76 (2-3): 108-17. PMID 10412834.
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Monooxygenases: 4-Hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase - Firefly luciferase
Dioxygenases: Aromatase - Nitric oxide synthase - CYP2D6 - CYP2E1 - CYP3A4 - Phenylalanine hydroxylase - Tryptophan hydroxylase - Tyrosine hydroxylase - Dopamine beta hydroxylase - Tyrosinase - Steroid hydroxylases
